Tag archive: death
A Lasting Legacy
While my grandmother is no longer with us, there is a little church building that speaks of her memory Acts 9:32-43 Reference: Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had…
Carrying Water In Your Hands
The water always seems to navigate its way through any small crack or gap between your fingers. Acts 2:22-36 Reference: But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. (Acts 2:24 TNIV) Explore: Have you ever tried to…
Easter Sunday – Black Saturday fires
In the lead up to Easter my friend was remembering the Black Saturday fires that happened nearly 10 years ago in Victoria. This fire ravaged a national park and annihilated homes and 173 lives. The surrounding area was left bare and black. But that was not the end of the story. Over time the black…
Laugh At The Trouble Of Parting
A friend of mine recently lost a dear friend. She posted this quote from Henry Scott Holland: “Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I, and you are you, and the old life…
Injustice In Illness
As with most diseases, they don’t discriminate Exodus 21:1-36 Reference: ““If anyone’s bull injures someone else’s bull and it dies, the two parties are to sell the live one and divide both the money and the dead animal equally.” Exodus 21:35 NIV Explore: I was recently talking to an oncology nurse about her work. She…